Step II Study Strategy

[kissmyasthma99]

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What do you think is a better way to organize Step II study strategy?

A) Start with you weakest topics first (i.e. the lowest percentages of UWorld over the year and work your way up)?

B) Order of your rotations (ex: psych was first - so it has been the longest since you've seen it - so start with that)?

 

[OveractiveBrain]

What do you think is a better way to organize Step II study strategy?

A) Start with you weakest topics first (i.e. the lowest percentages of UWorld over the year and work your way up)?

B) Order of your rotations (ex: psych was first - so it has been the longest since you've seen it - so start with that)?

C) Read a book! Step II should take you about one month total. All you need is to read First Aid and do UWorld. Just read First Aid in order. If you're fast, read it once a week. If you're slow, read it twice in the month. If you are REALLY slow, read it through once. Every time you do a question (and they should be random) add information into first aid, and reread that section.

This advice comes from the fact that step 2 is about taking the test. It isnt about learning the topics, it isnt about becoming competent in the areas in which you study. IF you are sharp, and can handle it, becoming competent in all areas of knowledge is a useful byproduct. But if you're on this forum looking for advice about the test, screw learning for real life. Learn for the test. Residency will cover what you need to know when you get there.

study for the test, ace the test. (First Aid OR Step Up) AND (UWorld).

 

[theRainmaker78]

C) Read a book! Step II should take you about one month total. All you need is to read First Aid and do UWorld. Just read First Aid in order. If you're fast, read it once a week. If you're slow, read it twice in the month. If you are REALLY slow, read it through once. Every time you do a question (and they should be random) add information into first aid, and reread that section.

This advice comes from the fact that step 2 is about taking the test. It isnt about learning the topics, it isnt about becoming competent in the areas in which you study. IF you are sharp, and can handle it, becoming competent in all areas of knowledge is a useful byproduct. But if you're on this forum looking for advice about the test, screw learning for real life. Learn for the test. Residency will cover what you need to know when you get there.

study for the test, ace the test. (First Aid OR Step Up) AND (UWorld).

haha nice.... telling it as it is. Its actually pretty good advice for all the perfectionist types out there who go too far